Hey guys this is Justin with Rocky Mountain ATV/MC and this is our 2017
Husqvarna TX 300 bike build.
Alright guys, before I get into the bike build, I want to talk about the bike
itself. I've been on 4 strokes for the last several years, I didn't see myself
ever getting back on a two-stroke until I rode one of these. Typically, four
strokes just feel a lot more planted to the trail and I like that. Two
strokes are kind of all over the place. When I rode this one I couldn't
believe how planted it felt and, best of all, how light it felt compared to the
four-stroke. So I got one, I love it, and I've done some things to it to make it
my own, to make it even better, and I want to talk about those things. All right, so
like I said, this is the TX model. All the mods I've done to this you can do to
your TE your enduro model or your motocross model, the TC. The reason I went
with the TX is it's kind of in between the enduro and motocross and I like
doing all sorts of stuff, primarily trail, desert, and I can even take this on a
motocross track the once or twice a year I ride a motocross track, it's just a
great all-around bike. So getting into the mods the things I've done to this
bike, I'm going to start with some of the most important stuff and then get to, you
know, kind of the stuff that's just for fun. So to start off, my number one mod is
the JD jet kit. Now Huskies all went to Mikuni carbs in 2017 and and everybody's
having a harder time jetting these things than the previous Keihin carbs. Now
I played with all sorts of different Mikuni needles, jets and the transition
between mid and top was always really rough. I finally tried a JD jet kit. It
comes with a totally different, reshaped needle and it works awesome. Smoothed out
that transition and it's a lot more fun to ride. So if you have a 17 husky or KTM
two-stroke, I strongly suggest getting a JD jet kit. Makes a huge difference. Along
with the jet kit, I opened up the air box. The huskies kind of have a reputation
for a closed air box, they don't even breathe as good
the KTM actually. So a lot of guys ,including myself, are opening up the air
box, and I have a video on that if you want to check that out to see how I did
it. But pretty much, I'm just making this thing breathe better, and that goes right
along with the jetting, so this thing runs nice and crisp.
Another thing I've done with the motor to make it run better, is putting on a
milled head. That's something we offer on our website, but if you live at higher
elevation like me, I'm typically riding between four and
ten thousand feet, the air is just thinner. You're losing compression so a
higher compression head, mine's only milled 15,000th of an inch,
it just helps it run better, helps it run like it should closer to sea level. So I
did that. Between that and the jetting, this thing rips. The next thing I did
with the motor was put in a rekluse clutch, and the reason I did that is
because I like riding a lot of tight, single-track trails and the rekluse just
makes life a lot easier. This thing will chug anywhere, go up anything with that
rekluse clutch. It's my first time in years running a rekluse, and I got to
tell you, they've come a long way. They work awesome. I'm really liking the
rekluse in this so far. After the recluse the next thing I did was put on a
Turbine Core Silencer from FMF. This is actually their new 2.1 silencer. Tt looks
good, it's quiet, and most importantly, it's got a spark arrestor in it. So I can
run it up in the mountains, can run it on public land and be legal, and best of all,
I can be quiet and not annoy people. So I really like the silencer. And to go along
with the FMF silencer, I put on the FMF gnarly pipe. Now the reason I went with
the gnarly is because it's a lot tougher than the stock pipe primarily. They use a
heavier gauge stee,l they're a lot stronger, a lot more durable. As far as
performance gains, it's definitely got great low and mid. If
I was going to race desert and maybe more motocross, I'd probably put the
fatty on, but for what I do, the gnarly works awesome.
After the pipe, I put on a trail tech digital fan kit. Again I like the
technical stuff and when you moving that slow, your bike tends to
overheat. so the fan kit gives me the peace of mind that my bike is not going
to overheat. It works awesome. So that pretty much wraps it up for the you know
performance engine type mods that I've done to this. Now I want to talk about
protection. The bike came stock with some hand guards, but I really like the
tough, wraparound hand guards so I've got the new tusk D flex Pro Series hand
guards on this. They work awesome. They protects your hands and you're not going
to break levers with these things on. Next I've got the protection for the
bike itself. I've got the p3 carbon pipe guard for my FMF pipe, keep that thing
looking good. And I've got the p3 skid plate as well.
They're super lightweight, they look good, and they hold up. Now another thing I did
to this bike was I put on the Obi shock linkage guar. In the past on like KTMs
I've used the fastway linkage guard, that works awesome. I wanted to try
this out and I really like it, because it helps you glide over logs if you're
wheeling over a log or something, the KTM and husky linkage is prone to really
hang up on stuff they hang so low. So I tried the Obi link on this and I really
liked it. It does the job and it works well,doesn't hang up on stuff. Then I
went ahead and put on a rotor guard. These are just nice to have if you're
going to ride in rocky stuff, it's a lot better to hit one of these than bend
your rotor. Last but not least, I put on acerbis frame guards. The TX model only
comes with frame guards that go halfway up the frame, so you end up rubbing your
paint off. These are nice because they're full coverage and they offer the grip on
the side so you can really grip the bike better with these guards. All right, with
the bike protected there's a couple other things I want to point out. I've
put on a Scott steering stabilizer. I love these things especially for the
high-speed desert stuff. This bike is pretty stable without one but I love
steering stabilizers, so I threw one of those on. And then finally I put on a
softer shock spring. I'm a lightweight at 140 pounds so I went down a spring on
the rear. Tthe nice thing about these new air Forks is that you can mess with the
air pressure to change your spring rate. So I run a little bit less pressure in
the forks and I have the softer shock spring, and this bike suits me perfectly.
So those are some of the mods I did to make this bike custom for me, make it
perform well, and make it really comfortable. Some of these other mods are
nice to haves that I want to talk about. And the first one that I think is really
nice to have is lighting. I've actually put a trail tech 100 watt stator in this
thing so I can run more light. Now you can run the stock te headlight on this
from Husqvarna, we actually have a kit for that and a how-to video on our site
if that's what you want to run, and this thing can run that without doing any
modification to the stator. I like running the Baja design squadron pro
light in the summertime when I do my night rides. And so I wanted a little
more juice, I wanted to make sure my battery is getting charged and I have
plenty of juice to run powerful lights. So that's an important mod for me
because I love night riding. And after that I went ahead and put on PolySport's
new fluorescent plastic kit. I think the bike looks awesome with this kit on. it
goes really well with the Attack Graphics I got and it just makes the bike look
awesome, makes it stick out from the crowd. Then I went ahead and put on the
Tusk Impact Wheels. These things look awesome
and they're tough, but one nice thing is I have two rear wheels so I can run a
trials tire in the summertime in the trails and I have my wheel with the
knobby tire, which is always nice to go back and forth, depending on what I'm
riding. Now I really think that the stock gearing on this thing is perfect,
it works well everywhere. But I went ahead and threw on a Primary Drive Rear
Aluminum Aprocket and the Primary Drive X-Ring chain. They look great and they
hold up really well. Yo finish the bike off I threw a little bit of bling at it,
Gas caps, some other anodized covers, shift lever, some things that just really
make it look cool. And I also threw on the Tusk Kickstand. Now the stock
kickstand is just fine, but eventually they break, and these make a great
replacement. Anyway that's what I've done to my TX to make it my own. Hopefully
some of the things I've done to my bike give you some ideas to make your bike
perform, work, and look even better. Be sure and
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